Household Removals By Rail-Road Containers

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Poster, Great Western Railway; London, Midland and Scottish Railway; London and North Eastern Railway; and Southern Railway, Household Removals by Road-Rail Containers, by Ralph Mott, 1939. Lithograph with a photograph depicting removal men unloading furniture from a road-rail container on the back of a mechanical horse, outside a detached house. On the side of the container is written "British Railways Furniture Removal, From House to House". Below is a second photograph showing removal men unloading a container on the back of a lorry. Accompanying text reads: 'Door to door without handling, low charges, expert packing. Reduced rail fares to your new home station. Ask for particulars at any rail station or goods office or for a representative to call and give a free quotation". Ralph Mott was a pseudonym for the artists' agents Ralph & Mott). Format double royal.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1978-9760
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
poster